Formulas · Dispel Wind-Damp 祛風濕 · Uihak Immun (醫學入門)

Chuanxiong and Poria Decoction

Cheongung-bokryeong-tang

한글 천궁복령탕 · Pinyin Chuan Xiong Fu Ling Tang

川芎茯苓湯

着痺 — fixed impediment, the damp-predominant one of the three — is glossed from the Gangmok as numbness and insensibility.

Composition 構成

Jeokbokryeong Chi Fu Ling
赤茯苓 적복령 · Poria (red)

6 g
Chief 君
Sangbaekpi Sang Bai Pi
桑白皮 상백피 · Mulberry Root Bark

6 g
Chief 君
Cheongung Chuan Xiong
川芎 천궁 · Cnidium

4 g
Deputy 臣
Bangpung Fang Feng
防風 방풍 · Siler

4 g
Deputy 臣
Mahwang Ma Huang
麻黃 마황 · Ephedra

4 g
Deputy 臣
Jeokjakyak Chi Shao
赤芍藥 적작약 · Red Peony

4 g
Assistant 佐
Danggui Dang Gui
當歸 당귀 · Korean Angelica

4 g
Assistant 佐
Yukgye Rou Gui
肉桂 육계 · Cinnamon Bark

2 g
Assistant 佐
Gamcho Gan Cao
甘草 감초 · Licorice

2 g
Envoy 使
Daejo Da Zao
大棗 대조 · Jujube

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Envoy 使

two fruits

Total 36 g per packet (첩) · representative dosage — verify against source texts. Excludes 1 ingredient measured by count or used as a vehicle, shown as —.

Received this formula from your practitioner? Amounts shown here are classical reference values — granule and prepared products differ. Always follow your prescribed dosage and directions.

Actions 效能

Treats fixed impediment with numbness and insensibility of the four limbs
cramping and puffy swelling
Dispels wind damp from the limbs

Indications 主治

Pattern-based

Fixed impediment with damp obstructing the limbs
Wind damp with numbness and swelling

Biomedical correlates

Peripheral neuropathy
Lymphoedema with stiffness

Source text 原文

Donguibogam 東醫寶鑑

治着痺, 四肢麻木ㆍ拘攣ㆍ浮腫. 赤茯苓ㆍ桑白皮各一錢半, 川芎ㆍ防風ㆍ麻黃ㆍ赤芍藥ㆍ當歸各一錢, 桂皮ㆍ甘草各五分. 右剉, 作一貼, 入棗二枚, 水煎服. 《入門》 ○着痺卽麻木不仁也. 《綱目》

Translation

Treats fixed impediment with the four limbs numb and insensible, cramping and puffily swollen. Red poria and mulberry root bark, 1 don 5 fun each; chuanxiong, saposhnikovia, ephedra, red peony and tangkuei, 1 don each; cassia bark and licorice, 5 fun each. Cut up, make one packet, add two jujubes and decoct in water. Fixed impediment is numbness and insensibility. — Uihak Immun 入門 · Uihak Gangmok 綱目 (Donguibogam · Pung)

Clinical commentary 臨床

The first formula of the 三痺 section and the one for the damp variety, which the Gangmok's gloss identifies with numbness and insensibility. Red poria and mulberry root bark lead, and both drain water rather than dispel wind; ephedra opens the surface so the damp has somewhere to go, and tangkuei and red peony move the blood in a limb that is not being supplied. For puffy, numb, stiff limbs this is a sensible small formula, and the three-impediment framework it opens — wind, cold and damp in shifting proportion — is the chapter's most durable piece of classification. — Eui Young (Justin) Chung, L.Ac., Dipl. O.M.